Before Starting Your Dishwasher; Starting Your Dishwasher; Changing A Setting; To Add A Dish After Starting - Whirlpool GDP6881XL Use & Care Manual

Before starting
your dishwasher
1. Spin the Upper Spray Arm to make
sure nothing will stop it from turning
freely.
2. Close and latch the door.
3. Run hot water at sink nearest dish-
washer until it is hot. Turn it off. (If yours
is a portable dishwasher, see page 14
for connecting instructions.)
Starting your dishwasher
Clean Selector Buttons
POTS & PANS Cycle...
1. Make sure Cycle Control Knob points
to dot marked POTS &PANS.
2. Push POTS & PANS Clean Selector
Button.
3. Push button for option desired.
4. Without turning it, pull out the Cycle
Control Knob to start the cycle.
NORMAL WASH Cycle...
1. Turn Cycle Control Knob clockwise
until it stops at dot marked NORMAL
WASH.
2. Push NORMAL WASH button.
3. Push button for option desired.
4. Without turning It, pull out the Cycle
Control Knob to start the cycle.
HEAVY WASH Cycle...
1. Make sure Cycle Control Knob points
to dot marked HEAVY WASH.
2. Push HEAVY WASH button.
3. Push button for option desired.
4. Without turning it, pull out the Cycle
Control Knob to start the cycle.
RINSE & HOLD Cycle...
1. Select AIR DRY Option
only.
2. Push NORMAL WASH Button.
3. Unlatch door and open slightly.
4. Pull Cycle Control Knob out.
5. Turn Control Knob Clockwise to dot
marked RINSE & HOLD.
6. Close and latch the door to start the
cycle.
Changing a setting
2. With the Cycle Control Knob pulled out,
turn clockwise to the cycle you want.
You can change a setting anyiime during
any cycle.
3. Be sure the detergent dispensers are filled
1.
Unlatch the door to stop the cycle.
properly for the new cycle.
4. Latch the door to start the cycle.
To add a dish after starting
4. Close the door. Do not latch
it.
Wait 30 sec-
1. To be sure the added item is washed and
rinsed, make sure the Cycle Control Knob
onds for air in the dishwasher to warm up.
has not passed NORMAL WASH.
This helps reduce the amount of moisture
that can come from the vent when restart-
2. Unlatch the door to stop the cycle, but don't ing the cycle.
open it until the spray arms stop spinning. 5. Latch the door. The dishwasher will start
3. Open the door and add the dish. from where it stopped.
HI-TEMP WASHING Option
When this option is selected, water for the
main wash and the final rinse is heated [except
in RINSE & HOLD) to 145°F (63°C). Washing and
rinsing action in those parts of the cycle will
be longer if the water is heated. HI-TEMP wash-
ing is automatic in POTS & PANS.